Lou Holtz: Florida vs. ND NC game
Look, I don't post around here much b/c I don't have the time. But I just couldn't let this go.
On the 6PM Sportscenter, the talking heads had Lou Holtz on. He then proclaimed that he expected ND to play Florida in the 2009 BCS National Championship game. He said ND will be the favorite in every game but 1 (USC) and because of their schedule he expected them to be there.
How ridiculous can it get? I mean I respect this guy, I really do even as a Michigan fan. But at what point does this guy lose any or all credibility he ever had? Has he not watched ND the past, oh I dunno....15 years? Did he not watch them lose to Syracuse, at home last year on senior day? This is beyond stupid. This is beyond homerism. (sp?)
I miss Trev Alberts. And Keith Jackson.
That is all.
August 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 PM ^
Remember when Lou Holtz compared RR to Hitler?
Now THERE'S a guy who has a tin ear for PR.
August 25th, 2009 at 12:44 AM ^
They were both great leaders. Amirite, gaiz?
August 22nd, 2009 at 6:59 PM ^
I just laughed when he tried to justify his decision.
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:05 PM ^
He's a crooked son-of-a-bitch that cheated every damn place he went, and then covers it up with some "aw, sthucks" bullshit. And if you don't believe me, Google "Kimberly Dunbar". The shit this woman did under his watch at Notre Dame makes Ed Martin look like he was just handing out birthday cakes. Oh, and don't forget the 10 NCAA violations Holzth left behind at South Carolina, five of them majors.
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:01 AM ^
hahaha Holtzth.
I wish there was a real letter to represent the sound it really makes.
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:03 PM ^
if thats the case, then why not just give florida the championship right now and call it a year
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:38 PM ^
that is funny, might as well give it to florida them.
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:03 PM ^
He should have went all the way and predicted ND vs. South Carolina.
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:04 PM ^
I hope Florida hangs 80 on them.
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:35 PM ^
If you hope ND gets in the NC game then by default you hope that they beat michigan. DIE.
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:09 PM ^
I could totally see this happening. I could also totaly see the moon crashing into the Earth and we all die in a hellish fury. Guess which one is more likely? If you guessed ND, your wrong.
August 23rd, 2009 at 12:51 PM ^
Unless Notre Dame is going to play football with a time machine, their odds of playing Florida in the BCS Championship Game this January is 0.0
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:10 PM ^
Getting mad at Holtz is pointless. Dude couldn't even figure out how to get on the short bus if needed at this point.
August 22nd, 2009 at 10:35 PM ^
Yes I'm pretty sure he would mistake it for a very large twinky and break his dentures on it trying to get to the delectable cream filling.
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:14 PM ^
I can't stand Lou Holtz. I do kind of enjoy his prep talks for some strange reason, but he's obnoxious and has his foot firmly in his mouth. And he's a goddamn ND homer to boot.
I'm looking forward to reading about Kimberly Dunbar.
August 22nd, 2009 at 9:30 PM ^
so THAT'S why he talks like that. Finally an answer.
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:02 AM ^
Good picture.
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:17 PM ^
Well I guess he will be disappointed on september 12th
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:17 PM ^
team should never be in the NC game over a 3-loss SEC or Big 12 team. Holtz needs to go away
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:18 PM ^
and with Sanchez the Jets are sure to play in the Super Bowl...
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:22 PM ^
i'm shocked. shocked i tell you.
has he ever picked ND at less than 11 wins?
August 22nd, 2009 at 10:37 PM ^
No, I clearly remember him last year before the season started saying there was no doubt ND wouldn't win 10-11 games.
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:27 PM ^
I honestly do not know how to respond to that. If ND makes the title game, I will personally send him a check for lisp surgery.
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:30 PM ^
I stopped reading at "I respect this guy." And that's not because he's a homer, or because I hate ND. In fact I don't hate ND, but I love learning and the English language, and therefore loathe that man and every failed attempt at communication he's ever made.
Seriously, chief among the knuckle-draggers beshitting the screen every fall, he makes me fidget in my seat at the bar I've dragged my non-football-obsessed friends to. I try and try to explain my passion to them, and occasionally even win one over to the smart side of the game, and then this obviously paint huffing abortion survivor appears and ruins all my good work.
Ask me how I really feel.
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:56 PM ^
How do you really feel?
August 23rd, 2009 at 2:02 PM ^
dancing.
August 23rd, 2009 at 3:17 PM ^
Exactly the type of comeback I was looking for. Well done.
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:32 PM ^
some of what he's smoking.
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:09 PM ^
to have witnessed Mark May just knocking the shit out of this old man, right out of his chair right there on the set. That would have been better than Jim Everett vs. Jim Rome.
August 22nd, 2009 at 10:33 PM ^
I really hated the "Dr. Lou" segments last year. I cannot even properly put into words my complete loathing every time I heard the theme song start (very creative by the way, "Doctor Lou, doctor Lou, that's doctor Lou!").
But there was one segment that wasn't as brain-bustingly horrible as the others. They had Mark May as just a shadow saying that his "coworker" is always going on about Notre Dame and how great they are when they haven't been relevant in years. He then listed some stats. The "mysterious person" then asked what he should do. I thought, finally, someone is calling Lou Holtz on his ridiculous homerism for his former team. The good doctor's answer... he was asleep.
So that's about as close to Mark May knocking Lou Holtz out as I've seen. But hey, maybe we should get him to go back to ND and one of his own players can hit him and put him in crutches.
I really hate Lou Holtz.
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:12 PM ^
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_34_223/ai_55806013/
I apologize for the formatting.
But if you believe that this woman stole $1.2 million and only $35,000 of it wound up in the hands of Notre Dame players, I've got a couple of alligators up in the Yukon Territory to sell to you.
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:27 PM ^
IIRC
August 22nd, 2009 at 11:45 PM ^
when Charlie Weis flies
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:04 AM ^
How about when he can walk
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:58 PM ^
I hate him.
August 22nd, 2009 at 9:17 PM ^
Even as perenially overrated as ND is, I can't see them getting into the NC game with one loss over a major conference team with one loss or an undefeated Utah or Boise State because of their joke of a schedule.
Besides, I have UM and USC pencilled in as auto-losses for ND, so the point should be moot.
August 22nd, 2009 at 10:39 PM ^
Why would you respect Lou Holth?
August 22nd, 2009 at 11:34 PM ^
I only watch Holtz for pure entertainment. His lisp is funny, obviously, and he does seem to be having a lot of fun watching and commenting on college football. But I stopped taking anything he said, especially in regards to ND and Michigan, seriously when I was about 14.
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:19 PM ^
Can you imagine if Bo was still alive and working on the ESPN studio show? He wouldn't be pulling any of this "Dr Bo" crap acting like the old man at the sports bar. He'd be talking serious football, and taking coaches to task for bad decisions and character flaws. And telling Notre Dame to go to hell. He doesn't have an image to hold up/repair like Lou, because he didn't have swaths of cheating hidden under his resume. We might actually learn something.
And that's really what bothers me about the Holtz thing - ESPN seems to be basking in some kind of Lou-retirement glow, like they just like having famous Holtz around the studio, regardless of his contributions to the show which are really lackluster. I also hate it when studio commentators crack inside jokes to each other and laugh amongst themselves, like we weren't watching on the screen.
August 24th, 2009 at 12:38 PM ^
And if Bo were in the same studio with Lou, Bo would call him out and rip Lou a new one.
August 23rd, 2009 at 12:00 AM ^
The crap that Lou Holtz spews out on ESPN almost makes me wish that he were replaced by the Fox BCS Championship announcers. His humor is rarely funny and his comments are generally baseless and moronic.
August 23rd, 2009 at 12:09 AM ^
Six-Zero. If you are listening, I would like a Lou Holtz shirt. Something with spit and non-sense all over it please.
Thank You
August 23rd, 2009 at 12:16 AM ^
then invite me over. I'll spit on it and you can call it a Lou Holtz shirt.
August 23rd, 2009 at 12:34 AM ^
I respect Lou Holtz's opinion about as much as I respect Beano Cook's opinion. Why is ESPN still hanging on to these two?
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:06 AM ^
Penis.
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:12 AM ^
he didn't run for office...as a puriblichaun
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:30 AM ^
moments when Mark May says something to get him going and the old geezer goes off the deep end and the Mothership will be forced to pull him off the air.
I wouldn't be shocked if he makes some off-handed comment about Erin Andrews and Tebow and pisses off everyone at ESPN. The old man needs to go away. He provides no insight at all, he's just there to give some stupid polarizing commentary that sends Mark May into an USC apologist tizzy and spark a good argument.
He's a waste of time.
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:21 PM ^
Lou loses the argument with Mark May and goes off on Reece Davis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoRC8LHBinI
August 23rd, 2009 at 6:49 AM ^
He should hang it up but he just can't let go. If he really believes that ND has any shot at 12-0 this year he needs to be institutionalized.